Ted Unangst wrote:
On 12/31/05, Travers Buda <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
The Nazis thought their Enigma machine was perfect.
Do you know why Enigma was broken? Primarily because the operators
didn't follow procedure and made a series of other mistakes ("This
doesn't seem too important"). As is typical, the problem was not with
the crypto, it was with the idiots using it.
I guess any encryption algorithm is limited by entropy. Given that most
users choose bad passwords, the algorithm doesn't matter that much.
What is the point of trillions of possible keys when people choose from
only a few hundred thousand?
I'd just say "no" to any passwords.
